Total mileage for 2017: 1641.2
This morning I wanted to allow for the possibility of a longer ride, so I got up at 4:30 and began riding just before 5:30. It had rained considerably overnight, and in fact I still heard thunderstorms rumbling overhead around 5:00, so the ground was extremely wet. But weather.com said the rain was ending around 5:30, and I experienced none of it. However, as before in recent days, I allowed myself to be called away from a longer ride by the desire to compose -- when I was up early, I made good progress on the major choral piece I'm writing (Minnesota Blue), and was eager to return and continue on it. So I settled for a single round trip to Marsh Park, 9,9 miles in 1:03.
The ride included a breathtaking moment, however. As I rode east on the trail, paralleling Textile Rd., shortly after turning where Lohr Rd. intersects Textile, a couple hundred feet before I reached Silo Ridge Dr. E., two deer came bounding across Textile, crossed the trail a couple hundred feet ahead of me, and then disappeared into the subdivision. Even at that early hour (roughly 5:45) there would have been enough light for video, I think, but they were too quick, and were gone before I could dig my phone out. But it sure made this ride memorable!
One minor calamity today -- the velcro Road ID bracelet I wear with identifying and contact information has grown tenuous in recent weeks (the velcro no longer sticking as securely as it once did), and it fell off my wrist at some point during the ride. I didn't realize this until I got home, and was putting things away, so I'll have to order a new one now. But that's no big deal. It was much more critical back in 2013, when I was bicycling on the road, and fell and was injured multiple times. But now, on the trike, I don't fall, and all my riding is off-road, so a few days without it will not prove problematic.
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